Skinnyman

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1414856494' post='2594018'] Bass has been bought. Question is... What has he bought?? [/quote] And.....?

Collected the Sei from the Gallery tonight. Nicely set up by Martin and fitted with a nice new set of flats. Hmmmm.... Mind you, walking from there to Kings Cross in order to get the train back home to fenland, it weighs a bloody ton. Or maybe I'm just out of shape. Cunningly, when I turned up, Martin hadn't quite finished setting it up. So I had a half hour to mooch round the shop with an invitation to "try whatever you fancy". So they have a Dingwall 4 string in Quality Street orange (probably not the real name for the colour but that's what it looks like....). With the fan frets and all. OMFG - that's got to be the easiest bass I've ever played. They frets look weird but they are totally natural. So now I have to let Mrs Skinnyman get used to the Sei before I sell all my other basses and get that Dingwall. Curse you, Bass Gallery! At least let me get one bass out of my system before you give me GAS for another. So be warned, do not go to the Gallery....they will tempt you and draw you in and then they own your soul! Mrs S is well impressed with the light up fret board on the Sei. She is a tart.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1414689220' post='2592308'] Red strings too I see. [/quote] Someone must have thought they were a good idea. They're coming straight off.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1414687973' post='2592290'] That will be the bass that was discussed early on in this thread, if it had been blue with chrome hardware I'd have bought that unseen! [/quote] It was. And I'd sort of discounted it as it didn't have a maple neck with blocks and wasn't in Olympic White or metallic blue. But then I played it.... The other one on my possibles list was an Overwater that's listed on the OW website under the special offers tab. lake placid blue, RW neck and tort guard. Brand new at £1835. Only thing that put me off a bit was the weight (10lb) and the guard. But I figured I could order a white pearloid guard for it if necessary and eat my Shredded Wheat. But then I played the Sei....

Went into the Bass Gallery earlier in the week and tried out an Overwater and a Sei. Both beautiful to look at and play. The Overwater was probably the better spec but I just fell in love with the Sei. That ebony board and the neck are just a joy to play. Been thinking about it all week. Just called up Martin and pulled the trigger.... I'm not sure the taste police will approve - CAR with gold hardware and light up red led fret markers. I'd have preferred something just a little more understated but then it's not as if there are hundreds of these to choose from.... Life's too short not to have that bass in my life.

Too bloody many if the wife is to be believed. A Rick I'll be buried with, a beautiful piece of wood with a Fender Select jazz attached, two SGC Nanyos that, this side of Keira Knightley, are most comfortable things you could drape round your neck and a limited edition American jazz in a never-seen-it-since wine red stain that's numbered and signed by the Fender head of production. I can only assume things were quiet on the factory floor that day and he was carrying a pen as he walked past the neck rack.... Hoping to add a nice 5-er soon but am probably going to consolidate so one of the Nanyos will go and the scribbled-on jazz Unless i can distract her with shoes....

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1414447660' post='2589468'] The one im going to look at has a clear guard but it needs a black one?http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=12061516390949 [/quote]agree - black or maybe even white pearl - I don't think it works with clear, although it may be different in the flesh. Nice colour though.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1414454667' post='2589550'] You can always get a TT5 with just the 2 jazz pickups. The bucker in the TM5 splits very nicely though. I tend to use it split most of the time, unless I'm just using the bucker, then I use all of it! [/quote] How's the neck profile on the TM5? It's on my list of basses to try but finding one within reasonable distance is tricky and I don't want to travel the length of the country for a baseball bat....

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1414443009' post='2589395'] This is how my DJ5 ended up. I so miss this bass. [/quote] I'm not normally a fan of black basses but that is utterly, utterly gorgeous. If that plays and sounds as good as it looks, I'd sell one of my children's kidneys for it.....

Hmmmm. My reflex reaction is to try and get like for like. To stick with the familiar. But I'm not sure that works. Like many on here, I have Genz amps so I'm stuffed there. And I love my Bergantino cabs - but I quite fancy trying a BareFaced sometime. So, going back to the original question, what's the one thing i'd have to replace like for like? Nothing. Each of my basses has it's own "personality" and is like an individual, with its own story - a particularly good deal, a long trip to collect, a long and protracted search for that perfect setup, the coming to life with a specific set of strings, a great gig.... So I'd be sad for the loss of my gear but then I'd be looking forward to building new relationships with their own stories attached to them. If the question was "what piece of gear would you save from the flames" then that's an easy answer. But the question was "what would you have to replace with the same item?" And that's nothing...

No excuses, I'm a snob. Always have been, probably always will. I grew up in the seventies, when you were either into albums or singles. Prog or glam. I was prog. Then came punk which I hated with the same passion that they hated my music. Now I listen to pretty much anything that I like. I'm enjoying the prog revival (that love which once dare not say it's name) but my iPod has everything from Coltrane to Gaga on it. But I'm still a snob. I dislike hip hop (I suspect they haven't noticed my absence), I'm not keen on most of the bland pap they spew out of commercial radio these days (oddly, Radio One has started playing some really good new stuff), and you'd still struggle to get me to a country concert.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1414273174' post='2587864'] I've just 'discussed' my shopping trip next saturday over a nice 3 course meal, went quite well Jazz Deluxe looking OK :-D (Russ we are on if you're still up for it?) [/quote] I like your style. Happy shopping - let us know how you get on....

But it's not a Jazz-a-like.... I know I'm being picky but, hey, it's my GAS... I think I'll be taking a trip to the Gallery some time this week. Although the wife is doing that one-in, one-out thing that she applies to guitars. (But not shoes or handbags, oddly). So maybe I'll need to move one of my four string jazzes. Wonder how much a Select Active might fetch...

I managed to try out a couple of five strings today.... Squier Vintage Modified V - first impression, it weighs a ton. And I think that put me off from the word go. There's just no way I could see myself doing a set, let alone a whole gig, with one of these things on. Fit and finish are good, but I found the neck quite deep as well as wide. That may be my imagination but it just didn't seem to sit right under my hands. It might be perfect for someone else but it did nothing for me. I like the neck binding and the colour but that was about it. The B string seemed really loose - annoyingly so, to the extent that if I got one I'd have to change the strings. To anchor cables from the look of things.... Fender modern player V - I really like the idea of the Modern Player series and I've been impressed by some of the guitars I've tried. But I really didn't care for this one. It was that matt white which made it look like the Storm Troopers in Star Wars might have played - just a big slab of plastic. I didn't even try it. I also tried an Ibanez SR505 which was really light with a lovely wide but shallow neck. Gorgeous to play although I wasn't enamoured with the tone. Or the shape. Or the colour. So, the search continues... Next on the list to try is a Sei, a Sandberg and an Overwater

They get my business. Always excellent

Entwistle JBXN. Dirt cheap. Awesome

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1414133714' post='2586151'] It's an off chance but Dingwall Super J's look and sound great IMO. The frets are great too. 35" on the B so it'll sound pretty good I imagine. [/quote] Don't they have the fan shaped frets? That seems like a brilliant idea but I can't decide if it looks weird or cool....

This is starting to grow on me.... Especially with the chambered body at just 3.9 kilos. Anyone played one? http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Sandberg_TM5_Blueburst.html Bass direct is a long way for me to travel to try it out just on spec....

[quote name='chrkelly' timestamp='1414062811' post='2585311'] Shameless plug [url="http://www.thebassgallery.com/product_details.cfm?ID=2846&type=Bass%20Guitar"]http://www.thebassga...e=Bass%20Guitar[/url] [/quote] Nice - but I've got a real hankering for a maple neck with black block inlays. Olympic White is still in the frame but now I've seen the picture of that red Sei at the Bass Gallery, I'm leaning more towards the red. That Sei would be perfect if it had a maple neck with the blocks.... Problem is, there aren't any off-the-shelf basses that exactly match what I want (the Squier is the closest). I could get one made but I'm not sure I could justify two and a half thou for an Overwater - or a similar kind of price for a Sei. Realistically, my budget is probably the same as StingrayPete's - a max of £1600. I'll try and get my hands on a Squier to try and see what that's like - I know the 4-string VM's get a lot of respect on here. If I get on with it, that might keep the GAS at bay while I keep my eyes open for the perfect Candy Apple/Maple/Blocks combo in the marketplace....

Oddly, I'm in exactly the same boat as StingrayPete. I really fancy a five and have been trying to narrow down the options before I try and hunt some down to try. I have a couple of four string Jazzes - both Fenders - and I like them both, although I'm not too bothered about the name on the headstock - but if I'm going to pay over a thou, there has to be a noticeable improvement in quality, tone and comfort for me to justify it to myself. One name not mentioned on here so far is Overwater. There are a couple in the FS section on here although neither does it for me colour-wise. Thoughts? Thus far, my wish list is black block inlays, maple neck, Olympic White with White guard or CAR with white guard. That Sei is beautiful - but then a white Squier VM also fits the bill looks wise and is only £300 - plus an after market pickguard..... So I have to ask myself whether I'm prepared to pay £1800 for that Sei. Or an American Deluxe..... So, what's the view on Overwater?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1413865655' post='2582873'] I have been gigging with the G-30 since 2009. Not one problem ever. Blue [/quote] +1 the g30 is brilliant

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1410510547' post='2550121'] Look up a series of videos on YouTube by John Carruthers, I think they're on Elixir strings channel, he takes you through the basics. After some persuasion from the good folks here on BC I had my first go at it, with the JC video playing on my iPad while I did it, it's very satisfying! Last one I had done professionally was awful, took it to the same guy I've used many times, not sure if he was having an off day because he's usually very good. I didn't have time to check it when I picked it up and as he'd done plenty of stuff for me before, I didn't think there was any need, but when I got it home and played it, it was a buzzing mess. That sort of convinced me I had to learn how to do it and give it a go. [/quote]+1 for the JC videos. Really helpful

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1410419393' post='2549151'] For something different, a great yarn and very funny, I recommend: The One hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared, by Swedish author Jonas Jonasson. [/quote] +1 for this and for the follow up: The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden. Utterly, utterly brilliant. If you have a Kindle and if you like cats then The Secret World of Fluffy Ratbag. 99p download. Don't read while eating a Mars Bar. Chocolate comes down your nose.

[quote name='slingo' timestamp='1410045981' post='2545709'] I'm talking shaped case not rectangular, surely a shaped case would fit in the 159 even at an angle? I currently have a focus estate and it fits in there at a slight angle. I want a more "interesting" car though, hence the Alfa, although the focus has been the best car I've ever had... [/quote] Get the Alfa. If a standard bass case won't fit, there are other options. Behind the front seats as already suggested. Or get a headless bass like a steinberger. But I'd rather choose my bass to fit the car. That's assuming it's a 159 of course. Guiletta, not so much....

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1409783903' post='2543440'] Seeing as we've moved from providing info to willy waving, I took a GK combo, Westone Quantum, bag containing leads and Boss ME6B, and a sleeping bag on the back of a Triumph Tiger 900 from Tamworth to Maidstone and back again. [/quote] Did they enjoy it?